offenses at LSU, but he needed (3) NFL first rounders (QB, and (2) WR’s) to make it click. ND still doesn’t have that type of talent yet in my opinion and based on the eye test. I’m really hoping Carr is going to be that guy at QB in future seasons and a great QB can make good receivers look great. ND has a very good defense but you aren’t going to totally shut down the teams you mentioned. Heck those teams have very good defenses and they gave up a lot of points to their high powered offensive opponents, so you will need to put up a lot of points to win. ND in the past appearances in the playoffs and NC game has struggled to score more than 20 points in those big games. A big reason for that was not having a game changing QB or WR. Again, just my opinion but would love to be proven wrong and see ND make a push for a championship.